Yeah, you're right. I only picked that up on the replay. Cheats!
Carroll with a very non-Carroll goal. C'mon you Irons!
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Football Thread 2015/16 |OT| The Great American Sport
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Yeah, you're right. I only picked that up on the replay. Cheats!
Carroll with a very non-Carroll goal. C'mon you Irons!
Maybe Götze is not that good as many think? But worse than ribery today is impossible, even for Mario.
Don Draper's Hat
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Only team in the top 4 leagues in England yet to win a game in 2016 I think I read earlier.
Alan Parpdew.
Leicester are really going to do it.
He was the same for us (Southampton), brilliant first season then a terrible second.
toythatkills
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As an Arsenal fan, I bloody hope so, because if it's not them it'll be Spurs and... gross.
Four 1-0 wins in five games is League-winning form.
The ref gave Chelsea both goals, can't believe how bad that was. Not only was Loftus-Cheek outside the box, but he tripped himself up.
https://twitter.com/westhamsocial/status/711235923535646720
https://twitter.com/westhamsocial/status/711235923535646720
toythatkills
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Leicester fans are still in the stadium, sounding amazing :lol
davidcotton
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It has now....
They've survived worse situations, notably the legendary relegation battle from 1999.
Just watched it. Bloody outrageous. His trip on himself is beyond belief. Dare I say that's blatant cheating? If so, retrospective action required! (Probably not, but I'm all fired up.)
Phantast2k
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A really important result for Stoke today given our implosion against Southampton last week. It's going to be tough to get into Europa, but I think if we can get away with just a defeat or two, we'll have a good chance.
The thing is, though, the other teams vying for a Europe spot - West Ham, Southampton and Liverpool in particular - are in good form too.
The thing is, though, the other teams vying for a Europe spot - West Ham, Southampton and Liverpool in particular - are in good form too.
I did, sadly for many years. It was was an exaggeration!
I never saw a team more dead than Hannover.
after living 1 1/2 years in Hannover I kinda feel for them.
Mainly, I feel regret because I wanted to see their relegation live in the stadium after having the season ticket last season.
Fixed that for you.
https://twitter.com/elpais_deportes/status/711315134766030848
Translation: EXCLUSIVE | Mourinho has signed a pre-contract with Manchester United to replace Van Gaal http://ow.ly/ZHVGG by @diegotorresro
Translation: EXCLUSIVE | Mourinho has signed a pre-contract with Manchester United to replace Van Gaal http://ow.ly/ZHVGG by @diegotorresro
this could happen as we've known for months but seriosly, never believe Diego Torres. He's known for telling absurd fairy tales lol
How absurd?
One of the most famous ones is that when Mou was in Madrid, after we lost a match, there was supposed to be an argument on the dressing room and Mourinho supposedly threw a can of red bull to Granero that almost hit him while he was shouting some nonsense.
The funny thing is that Granero wasn't in that dressing room that day.
The guy is obsessed with Mou and they had incidents in many press conferences regarding his crappy lies.
Is it saying Real Madrid want him back?
Why is a German talking to a Spaniard in English?
The_Hitcher89
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Unless Xabi has learned German, English is probably the most efficient way for those two to communicate
I'd guessed that. I just thought the gif maker was stretching a bit to guess what they were actually saying. Thomas Müller is such an awesome guy.
Plan B if Guardiola gets sacked.
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
man, i really got into it when Leicester lost to Arsenal with some of their fans....
the points were :
1) Leicester would be destroyed by losing to Arsenal via a late goal and they'd lose a lot of games
2) "sorry, but Arsenal have ended their title hopes"
3) Losses to Barca were predicted (before they did lose, fair game) and they wouldn't have any loss of confidence
4) Although Leicester have played well, they'd lose to lower teams because of pressure, then lose to Man U, Chelsea, Everton at the end due to similar pressures but with strong teams
5) Arsenal wouldn't slip up against anyone because Arsenal.
6) "Arsenal will be well on their way to a 3rd FA Cup so confidence will be high"
Since then....
Leicester went from being 2 points ahead of Arsenal to 11....
I am honestly fine with ANYONE winning the league, just NOT fucking Arsenal.
Wenger is an obstinate twat and Arsenal fans are either in camp 1) GET WENGER OUT (the sane actual supporters) or camp 2) "i wouldn't swap 20 years of top 4 and our current position for the 20 years of Chelsea or United" - these people are swallowing the company line bullshit or 3) "Lets give Wenger another year" ... i know it's a non-starter give Wenger would have to fire himself for this to happen, but Wenger is consigning Arsenal to alsorans YEAR on YEAR. If they can't win the title this year, they'll NEVER win it under Wenger.
Obviously i would like Leicester to win, but it now seems to be a two horse race and if Spurs win it then i'd be equally as fine
the points were :
1) Leicester would be destroyed by losing to Arsenal via a late goal and they'd lose a lot of games
2) "sorry, but Arsenal have ended their title hopes"
3) Losses to Barca were predicted (before they did lose, fair game) and they wouldn't have any loss of confidence
4) Although Leicester have played well, they'd lose to lower teams because of pressure, then lose to Man U, Chelsea, Everton at the end due to similar pressures but with strong teams
5) Arsenal wouldn't slip up against anyone because Arsenal.
6) "Arsenal will be well on their way to a 3rd FA Cup so confidence will be high"
Since then....
Leicester went from being 2 points ahead of Arsenal to 11....
I am honestly fine with ANYONE winning the league, just NOT fucking Arsenal.
Wenger is an obstinate twat and Arsenal fans are either in camp 1) GET WENGER OUT (the sane actual supporters) or camp 2) "i wouldn't swap 20 years of top 4 and our current position for the 20 years of Chelsea or United" - these people are swallowing the company line bullshit or 3) "Lets give Wenger another year" ... i know it's a non-starter give Wenger would have to fire himself for this to happen, but Wenger is consigning Arsenal to alsorans YEAR on YEAR. If they can't win the title this year, they'll NEVER win it under Wenger.
Obviously i would like Leicester to win, but it now seems to be a two horse race and if Spurs win it then i'd be equally as fine
Don Draper's Hat
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Oh God, I just remembered it's an International weekend coming up. So fucking boring!
Two weeks to dwell on a home loss to Rotherham United. Brilliant.
Two weeks to dwell on a home loss to Rotherham United. Brilliant.
GoldenCrow
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Alonso's face. Quality!
Dangerblade
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So do any of you guys think that if Leicester win the league it will change the landscape of English football in any way, or it's just a weird one-off, like when Blackburn won it (just on a much larger scale)?
I genuinely hope it shakes things up in numerous ways (the way clubs are run, different attractions in the transfer market, "smaller" teams playing with more freedom) but...I'm sceptical.
I genuinely hope it shakes things up in numerous ways (the way clubs are run, different attractions in the transfer market, "smaller" teams playing with more freedom) but...I'm sceptical.
So it's EPLs Schalke then.
GoldenCrow
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I don't think it will change much to be honest, be it Leicester or Tottenham that win it. This year the usual suspects for many different reasons have all had big problems and next season things are going to be back in their favour again.
Manchester City are going through a transitional period that started last season, many of players are now in their thirties the core of the team has often been injured and they are currently playing a type of football that is well understood by pretty much every manager in the league and have made some downright odd transfer decisions. Chelsea have had a total mare of a season, I don't quite get what happened to them but with a new manager in charge to shake things up whoever it may be they should be back in the mix again. Arsenal are pretty much on form for Arsenal. Manchester United lack key players and have Woodward in charge of affairs which means they were unable to replace the old that gave the quality in the final third. Liverpool have a new manager that has been brought in for the long term with a team that probably wouldn't have been what he wanted.
This offseason should be interesting as all of them are going to be rebuilding, developing or making significant changes in one way or another. The only change I see going forward is that more teams will play with a stronger sense of their own style and will be more entertaining for it. We also seem to have less Allardyce and Redknapp style coaches who set their teams up to play boring outdated football.
You're not wrong. this is the worst Man City, Man Utd and Chelsea have been in a decade and Arsenal are still scrapping for a top 4.
Definitely. We can't afford to lose these games.
It would be our luck to finally get a good manager and still get relegated.
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